The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
DURING THE WEEK.
The Weeks Synopsis of General
and Local News
CONDENSED FOR OUR WEEKLY FRIENDS

Tuesday, October 11.-The carriage manu-
factory of Locke & Jewell of Amcsbury, Mass, to-
gether with several surrounding buildings were
destroyed by fire. Loss S125 Co.,. Official advices
from Tampa, Fla, to the effect that yel How fever
Is raging in that city. Several deaths have occurred
ana eight new cases have developed since the last
report....T Thomas c. Manning minister to Mexico,
is dying in the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York.
Two steamers collided in the harbor at Carlo H..
resulting in the disabling and sinking of the
steamer New South. No lives LOST. The cashier
IN the Merchants and Miners bank at Green Bay,
WIS, has gone on trip, taking with him $4,000 of
the banks money!. The banking house of Martin
D. Post, at Cheyenne, Wyoming, has suspended.
The assets of the bank S903 GEO. while the abil
tiles are 100000. Inability to collect outstanding
debts is the cause of the suspension Lee county
Ala, held an election on the stock law, which
resulted in the adoption of the same Louis Sar-
aeco, an Italian, of Pittsburg, was instantly killed
by the explosion of soda fountain in that city,.
The Savannah postofice trouble is assuming quite
serious proportions Assistant Postmaster Anderson
walked into the Office ana challenged Postmaster
Lamar 10 fight duel ut ten PAGES, whereupon hot
words followed, and upon Colonel Anderson de.
nouncing Captain Lamar in the most vigorous
language the postmaster sprang up and struck him
with a stick. Colonel Anderson then drew his
pistol, when friends interfered and prevented what
might have been serious difficulty. Colonel
Anderson was arrested at the instance of Captain
Lamar, and was conducted to the mayors office
with blood flowing from several ugly wounds OH his
head and III his face, inflicted by the stick that Cap
tain Lamar used. 1t is said that friends of Colonel
Anderson have paid, under protest, $4,000 of def
cheney money for him.
IN THE ClrY-John Kinrear, large white man,
was fined s25 i'll the recorders court for wife beat
1ng.....A mechanic well known in Atlanta, named
W. NJ. Harrington, captured a negro boy and
brought him to police headquarters. Mr.. Harring-
ton showed big cash in his head, mado by a rock
thrown by the negro. About dozen stoned him,
but he was only able to capture one of them.....A
thief entered q residence at No. % Church street
and stole q fine solitaire diamond ring m Thomas
Boyle, well known and highly respected young
white man of Atlanta, was run over and horribly
manSled by the cars on the Nashville and Chatta-
nooga railroad. Both arms and leg were cut en-
tirely OFF, while his breast was mashed and bruised
fearfuly. He died instantly.
Wednesday, October 12.-The citizens of Chat
tanooga presented Emma Abbott, the actress, with
large magnificent solid silver yacht as q testimo-
NAL of Chattanooga appreciation of her courageous
and well expressed defense of her profession against
the bitter denunciation of minister at one of the
leading churches in Nashville. Miss Abbott with
tears streaming from her eyes, made o very feeling
reply. She referred to jennie Lind, who gave for
tune to charity; to Charlotte Cushman; to Parepa
Rosa and Mary Anderson as a refutation of all the
shameless ISLANDERS the minister heaped upon the
profession. The preacher referred to denounced in
unmeasured terms all actors and actresses and
abused members of his church for attending the
theater. Emma Abbott was attending services at
the church at the time and arose in the congrega-
ton and then and there refuted the charge which
caused a genuine sensation and made her many
friends...A riot occurred in Plevna Bulgaria. dur
ing the election for members of the sobranje, and
twenty four persons were killed and thirty wound
ed.....James Newman, a white about fifty years
Of age was run over and instantly killed by freight
on ba p0 in ,p1,p
49,. The Niobrara Land and Cattle company in East
st. Louis made an assignment. Warren Green, a
train hand had his left cut from his body while
attempting to jump from through freight train in
Norcross, Ga.
IN THE CIrY-The Atlanta Construction company
made an assignment for the benefit Of its creditors
to Mr.. ]. c. Kmball.....Mr. Samuel j. Randall and
party LEFT for their home in Philadelphia, after
Spending a few days at the Piedmont exposition .
The remains of Thomas Boyle, the young man who
was killed on the Nashville and Chattanooga rail
road, were laid TO rest in Oakland cemetery beside
those of his mother and grandmother A reward
was offered by Governor Gordon for the arrest and
delivery to the proper authorities Of William Taylor
Bud Cook and Jim Cock WLo are implicated in the
murder of Tinny Charlton in Chatham county on
the Dist Of August, 1887. The reward for the arrest
and delivery is $50 each .. Leroy Dago, the negro
boy who was arrested for taking orders for whisky
for the firm of Kenny & Werner, was fined $40 and
costs and sentenced to work twenty-five DAYS on the
rock pile. George Ann Hays a negro woman was
pardoned out of the city Changing on account of
i'll health.....W II. Booth lost his p1cketLook and
several dollars in money. lie attributes his loss to
pickpockets.....Twe or fifteen DRINKS were
booked by the police force.
Thursday, October 13.-P. g. Hicks cashier
of the Stafford National bank at Stafford Springs
Conn., is an embczZler in the sum of $4,000 The
bank closed its DOORS pending investigations which
bn Mo CHI &c
the bank is over 5000 and Hicks has confessed
TO taking S73,0l0"...A negro in Ponc tollta La
drowned his wife because she refused to live with
him. While in the act of drowning the woman her
brother appeared upon the scene and emptied the
contents of double b0rreled shotgun into the BODY
of the negro and he went down with his wife and
was also drowned One death and three new cases
of yellow fever are reported from Key West Fla
A snow storm is reported from Utica N Y the first
of the scason.....A. J. Taylor well known farmer
of Lawdale, S. c. blew out the gas upon retiring at
night, and was so Ge I'd the next morning that
efforts to rescue him from death were futileA
riot is in progress in Rultovza Bulgaria and many
people have been killed and woun led m "A negro
boy met horrible death in Columbia e. c. by
being caught and wound around piece of mn.
chinery shafting. Both arms and legs were broken
and his body horribly mangled.....A mixed freight
and passenger train was wrecked, DESTROYING eight
freight cars on the CheraW and Chester railro1d
near Columbia, s. c. No lives were lost. The
Jury in the Mitchestown rendered a verdict of
murder against Inspector Brown, sergeants Kir,yan
Ryder and Brennan, and Constables Gavan mud
Doran ...A An insane asylum was burned In Cleve
land Ohio and the bodies of six insane women
who had met death by asphyxia and burning were
recovered and three more were found badly Injured
A large fire in Norfolk, Va, damaged to a great
extent the Norfolk Tinware Manufacturing GONNA
ny and Enterprise iron works.
In THE CTY-A small fire occurred at Vjttur,s
Cutlery works on Whitehall street. Damage sliybt,
R L. Sharp, young man well known in Al,
lanta was relieved of twenty dollars by pickpockets
... The president and his wife will be given n re
cephon on the night OF October Is by the CAPITAL
City club.
Friday, October 14.-Onc more body has been
recovered from the ruins of the insane asylum which
was burnedin Cleveland Ohio, making seven known
TO be dead ... .Thirty-three hundred dollars of the
money stolen from the Pacific Express coinrany BY
John Owens was found in barrel Of ashes behind
his residence.....Jennie Lind GoldschInid. the
worldrenowned singer, is dying In London "A
man named Damase Dcsomncrs Ditcassou who
claims to lie priest, publicly whipped and sen
fenced 10 twentyone months on the chainrnng In
Montreal, Canada, for an indecent assault upon n
young lady ....1hJ schooner Thomas l. L arr lint
sailed from Gloucester on August D.h with a crew
Of fCuf teen men, has been given nm ~ lurt Tho